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PLUS: Online dispute resolution, gaming, and talk show hosts (they're just like us!) View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions  08.29.20   CONSULTING Google Offers to Help Others With the Tricky Ethics of AI BY TOM SIMONITE After learning its own ethics lessons the hard way, the tech giant will offer services like spotting racial bias or developing guidelines around AI projects.   FLY ON THE BALL What Virtual Reality for Flies Teaches Us About Human Vision BY GRACE HUCKINS Optical illusions can be a useful tool for studying how we see stuff, but it's hard to uncover just how they work. Unless, that is, you show them to flies.   IDEAS To Stop the Eviction Tsunami, We Need Online Chats BY MICHAEL WATERS Tenants who get dragged to court are often at a disadvantage. But a new system, known as online dispute resolution, gives them a better shot.   PRODUCT REVIEW Apple iMac 27-Inch Review: A Powerful and Reliable Mac BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU ARM-based chips are coming, but this all-in-one computer is back and retuned for working from home.   PARTNER CONTENT Subscribe to the Vergecast Listen every Tuesday and Friday for a fun, deeply nerdy conversation from Dieter Bohn and Nilay Patel about what's happening in technology and gadgets.   VIDEO GAMES It's Time to Revisit the Games That Gave Rise to Halo BY JULIE MUNCY Halo Infinite, the latest entry in the blockbuster franchise, has been delayed. But we'll always have Marathon.   THE MONITOR Turns Out Late Night Talk Show Hosts Are Just Like Us BY ANGELA WATERCUTTER We had really started to worry about James Corden, TBH.   GADGET LAB PODCAST Alexa, Play My Alibi: The Smart Home Gets Taken to Court BY WIRED STAFF This week, we discuss the growing trend of data from smart speakers and other connected devices being used to solve crimes.   GAMING Does Sony Think You're Worthy Enough to Preorder a PS5? BY SAM MACHKOVECH, ARS TECHNICA A unique direct-sales program extends purchase invites to players based on "previous interests and PlayStation activities."     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or Manage your newsletter subscriptions